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Libra Esoterica

The fame and confession of the Fraternity of R.C., commonly, of the Rosie Cross

with a praeface annexed thereto, and a short declaration of their physicall work

by Thomas Vaughan & Christian Rosencreutz

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Signatures: A (a)-(c) d B-E Perhaps by Christian Rosencreutz (i.e., Johann Valentin Andreä); cf. Hogart. Only the pref. and A short advertisement to the reader are by Eugenius Philalethes (i.e., Thomas Vaughan) Library's copy has bookplate of Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica, Amsterdam, and was presented to the Philosophical Research Society by the founder of the Bibliotheca, Joseph Ritman. See Hogart Hogart, R. Alchemy Wing (2nd ed.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Alchemy and Hermeticism and Initiatory orders and secret societies.

  • Alchemy and Hermeticism

    Retained metadata contains “Alchemy” in the description.

    • “Alchemy”· in description
  • Initiatory orders and secret societies

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Rosicrucians”. Retained metadata contains “Rosicrucians” in the subject metadata.

    • “Rosicrucians”· via Internet Archive
    • “Rosicrucians”· via Open Library
    • “Rosicrucians”· in subject

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with a praeface annexed thereto, and a short declaration of their physicall work

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1652London : Printed by J.M. for Giles Calvert ...; Printed by J.M. for Giles Calvert ...English—Public

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  • Contributing institution: Getty Research Institute
  • Digitization sponsor: Getty Research Institute
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Internet Archive institutional collection: americana; gettyalchemy
  • Scanner: scribe1.santamonica.archive.org
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openlibrary-work:OL15580058W
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